| Sunday Jul 09, 2017 9:00 AM - Sunday Jul 09, 2017 5:00 PM | $75.00 - $95.00 |
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No-Till Market Gardening Intensive: Tools and Techniques For Vital Crops and Healthier Soils
Description:
Learn techniques for intensively growing vegetables using no-till practices on a commercial scale from long-time farmers Jen and Pete Salinetti of Woven Roots Farm. Jen and Pete have managed their diversified vegetable farm for over 15 years using inexpensive, low-tech tools. Their system has built a soil with incredible structure, water-holding capacity, and the soil life needed to grow nutrient-dense crops. Theyve been able to do so all while reducing the use of fossil fuels and compaction associated with tractor equipment.
During this day-long workshop well learn the fundamentals of their no-till system. including detailed information and hands-on demos on:
Understanding the principles of soil health
Fertility: what amendments to use, when to add them, and how theyre incorporated
Transplant production and direct-seeding into no-till beds
Bed preparation
How to transition a bed to a new crop within 24 hours
Controlling annual and perennial weeds
Tips for growing the healthiest transplants
Pathway management
Irrigation and reducing water use
Inexpensive season extension techniques
Proper use and maintenance of essential tools
About the Instructor:
Jen and Pete Salinetti own and operate Woven Roots Farm, a vegetable CSA, wholesale operation and education center based in Tyringham, MA. They focus on bio-intensive growing using no-till and regenerative farming practices. For the past 16 years, Jen and Pete have taught classes and lead garden education programs throughout the Berkshires.
Information on NOFA/Mass www.nofamass.org/membership
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LocationWoven Roots Farm (View)
12 McCarty Road
Tyringham, MA 01264
United States
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